The World of Aviation

The first customer delivered Bell 429, N911ED, began EMS operations in late March with Mercy One Air Ambulance in Des Moines, Iowa. The 429 performed its first medical mission on March 29 when it was tasked to respond to a car accident involving a police vehicle late in the afternoon. A male police officer was

The Army is upgrading some of its Bell 206B-1 Kiowa helicopters with new digital avionics to address obsolescence issues, reduce support costs and make the helicopters more suitable for lead-in training for the Tiger ARH, MRH 90 and CH-47. Under the Army Minor Capital Project 015.50 Kiowa Navigation Rationalisation Project, Sikorsky Helitech is modifying between

The EA500 Eclipse has received a new lease on life with Eclipse Aerospace launching a retrofit upgrade for  the very light jet. Named the Total Eclipse, the upgrade is designed to fix a number of issues with EA500s. The aircraft will be certified for flight into known icing condition, a service ceiling of 41,000ft, and

The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers (APESMA) has announced that professional engineers at Qantas will put in place overtime bans over the Easter period and warned that these could disrupt some airline services. The action is part of an ongoing dispute between Qantas and its professional engineers, which APESMA claims is related to

International passenger traffic during January was the highest ever recorded in a calendar month, making it the fifth month in a row to record month-on-month growth greater than nine per cent, according to BITRE. For the month, there were 2.475 million international passengers, which was an increase of 10 per cent compared to the same

A Qantas A380 operating a service from Singapore to Sydney sustained damage to two tyres while landing at Sydney Airport on March 31. While landing at the end of the QF32 service, two of A380 VH-OQC’s left main gear tyres burst as they touched down on Runway 16R, with reports of flames coming from the